The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-06-06

have already become druhkards or
are certainly becoming such, unless
the liquor traffic is broken up.
10. He wishes to see these millions
made sober, that they may not onl .
regain their lost regulations and losi
fortunes, but that they, by reason o,
the fact of their becoming sober men
may have some chance for the saba
ton Of their souls-which chance, so
long as the liquor traffic continues, is
perhaps, in the average, not so much
as one TO a million.
II. He would not, by his vote, or
in any other way, incur the guilt of
doing the above evils for all the gold
in the universe. And all the Offset
offered by the friends of liquor, do
not, in his estimation, weigh as much
relatively, as grain of sand to all
the matter in our planet These are
indeed, as nothing in the esteem of
the intelligent philanthropist.
VII. THE OCCASION is ONE OF SUCH
IMPORTANCE AS TO DEMAND OUR
UTMOST ENERGY AND ZEAL.
Some issues are so small as to jus
tify one in simply voting, without
putting forth any special effort to
control the votes of Others. The
pending election is not of this char
acter. The magnitude of the inter
ests involved is such as to render
moderate effort criminal, and TO brand
the laggard worker with inhumanity
If there ever was an election whose
issues were of sufficient Importance
to call forth the utmost effort of pat
riots, philanthrophists and Christians
the pending election is such. If the
momentous issues now at stake do
not stir your souls to their very
depths, it is not probable that they
will in this life, ever be so stirredl
Think what will be the result of fail
urel All the countless evils to So
ciety will continue to flow onl Vic
tory now would so embolden the enc
mics of society, that we should prob
ably remain under the liquor curse
for years to come. In this event our
neighbors, kindred and friends will
continue to supply hecatombs of
victims for the altar of King Alcohol.
If we are defeated, countless num-
bcrs of widows and orphans will con-
tinue to hum the sad dirge Of bias
ted homes, ruined fortunes, lost
hqpesl If we are defeated, let us
know that as necessary results of our
failure, untold evils-physicsl, int
llectual, moral, social, domestic, polit-
ical, religious, temporal and eternal
will come upon many in our STATED
Can we innocently put forth only or
binary effort, when interests of such
infinite magnitude are involved? Our
souls must be i'll at ease, if we can
be content merely to vote for Prohibl-
ton. If but a millionh part of the
mighty interests of humanity, involv-
ed in this struggle, could find Its way
to our hearts, we would, with eager
enthusiasm, consecrate our purses,
our time, our talent, our influence,
our all to this noble cause, from this
time till six o'clock p. m, on the 4th
of August.
We had as well understand now as
later, that ne have mighty combat,
rich in money, powerful in the number
of their allies, and INSCRIPTIONS to
the last degree. The chief element
in the party is to be found among
the men who make their living and
wealth by the profits arising from
this ruinous traffic. Large sums of
this "blood money" have been con-
tributed by these liquor men, to de-
feat Prohibition; so that their reven-
ues may not be interfered with They
will buy all the speakers and ,corkers
and all the voters Il presume) that
are for sale in the market. Let us
keep in mind that our cause has to
triumph over the very worst and
strongest passions and appetites in
the human heart; coretonsnecs, sensual
enjoyments and lore Of strong drink.
The two former will drive the liquor
dealers to lavish their money and
whisky in this contest; and the same
debasing element, with the love of